Police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters – Framework Decision 2001/220/JHA – Standing of victims in criminal proceedings – Protection of vulnerable persons – Hearing of minors as witnesses – Special measure for early taking of evidence – Refusal by the Public Prosecutor to request the judge in charge of preliminary investigations to hear a witness..

Police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters – Framework Decision 2001/220/JHA – Standing of victims in criminal proceedings – Domestic crimes – Obligation to impose as an ancillary penalty an injunction prohibiting the offender from approaching the victim of the offence – Choice of forms of penalty and level of penalty – Compatibility with Articles 2, 3 and 8 of the Framework Decision – Provision of national law excluding mediation in criminal cases – Compatibility with Article 10 of the Framework Decision.

Police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters – Framework Decision 2001/220/JHA – Standing of victims in criminal proceedings – Private prosecutor in substitution for the public prosecutor – Testimony of the victim as a witness.

Directive 2004/80/EC –Failure to transpose, failure to fulfil

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 2004/80/EC — Article 12(2) — National compensation schemes for victims of violent intentional crime guaranteeing fair and appropriate compensation — National scheme not covering all violent intentional crimes committed on the national territory.

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Directive 2004/80/EC – Police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters – Compensation to crime victims – Failure to transpose within the prescribed period.